. Both parties expect an open race for this House seat in 2014.
The state: Last cycle, Mitt Romney won Montana by more than a 13-point margin and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., won re-election by 4 points. But Republicans have held onto the state's sole House seat for the past 17 years.

The state:

Last cycle, Mitt Romney won Montana by more than a 13-point margin and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., won re-election by 4 points. But Republicans have held onto the state's sole House seat for the past 17 years.
The candidate’s team: Aaron Murphy (communications director), Barrett Kaiser (manager), Bob Funk (deputy manager), Geoff Garin of Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (pollster), Mattis Goldman of Three Point Media (media), Colleen Martin (finance director).

“There’s going to be, as we saw last year, a flood of outside money," Lewis told Roll Call in a Oct. 9 interview. "Montana is cheap airwaves. No one saw more outside money than Montana last year. ... I'm going to have to raise at least $2 million to have a chance."

Democrats control the Mountain State's two Senate seats, but the party has had difficulty competing for the at-large district. In 2014, freshman GOP Rep. Steve Daines will likely run for retiring Democratic Sen. Max Baucus' seat, creating an open-seat race for the at-large district.

Several Republicans are looking at the House race, including state Rep. Champ Edmunds, state Sen. Matt Rosendale, and former state Senate Minority Leader Corey Stapleton.

Montana’s at-large House race is rated Republican favored by Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call.

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